. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. III. MAGNOL/^V^yE : MAGNOVV. 35 » 9. M. purpu'rea Sims. The purple-fowaed Magnolia. Identification. Sims, in Bot. Mag. Sim07iy»i« M. obovita r*Kn. and Don's MiU. 1. ; M. discolor Vent.; M. denudita iom. : the obovate-leaved Magnolia j Magnolier discolore Bon. Jard., and Magnolie
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. III. MAGNOL/^V^yE : MAGNOVV. 35 » 9. M. purpu'rea Sims. The purple-fowaed Magnolia. Identification. Sims, in Bot. Mag. Sim07iy»i« M. obovita r*Kn. and Don's MiU. 1. ; M. discolor Vent.; M. denudita iom. : the obovate-leaved Magnolia j Magnolier discolore Bon. Jard., and Magnolie bicoloic Dun Ft â rotheBieberbaum. Ger. c*..*/*., ^z., Engravings. Sal. Par., t 87.; Bot. Mag., t. 390 ; and our^. 45. Spec. Char., ^c. Deciduous. Leaves obovate, acute, reticulately veined ; almost smooth. Flowers erect, of 3 sepals and 6 obovate petals; styles very short. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub, with large dark green foliage. Japan. Height 3 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1730. Flowers purple outside, white within ; March to May. Strobile brownish ; ripe in September. Decaying leaves black. Naked young wood greenish brown. Varieties. a J/, p. 2 gracilis. M. Eobiis Dec. and G. Don ; M. tonientosa Thun. in Lin. Trans. Kaempf. Icon., t. 42. ; Par. Lon., t. 87. â The two main points of difference between it and M. purpurea are, the paler green, and somewhat narrower shape, of the leaves; and the longer and more slender form of the flower, the points of the petals of which are slightly turned back; while the flower of M. purpurea is more cup-shaped, and the petals at the points are rather turned inwards. The petals of M. gracilis are on the exterior entirely of a dark purple, whereas those of M. purpurea melt off into white at their upper extremities. A number of plants of this variety, which stood in the Hammersmith Nursery as border shrubs, and flowered freely every year, were killed down to the ground in the winter of 1837-8. Other Varieties. In DeCandoUe's Prodro
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